Bruno Tshibala Nzenze

Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala Nzenze signed into law regulations which overhaul the regime governing the mining sector on 9 June making real the worst fears of Glencore Randgold Resources China Molybdenum and other exploiters of Congo-Kinshasa's vast store of copper cobalt gold and other valuable minerals The mining code passed by parliament in January and approved by President Joseph Kabila on 9 March took the miners by surprise and tore up previous commitments the companies considered sacrosanct (AC Vol 59 No 4 Kabila squeezes the miners)...